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Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-19

There is one hotel in New York at
whose office one hears wide departure
from the old and UNMARRIED cry of
Front" "Take this to 247," or ''See
what 80 wants. At this hotel the
clerk hears the tick of mutfled bell
behind him. turns from the counter,
chances at dial about the size of an
ordinary nickel clock and Immediately
behaves as if he could see through all
the walls between him and the guests
rooms and could reach the mind of
any guest in the bargain. Click, goes
the bell.
james take up a Manhattan cocktail
to Az" says the clerk. Click, goes the
bell. Boy" says the clerk. take up
two soft-boiled eggs to Mr.. Tomkins,
or johnny, run up and say to 363 that
it is ten minutes after 10 o'clock.
Any visitor who spends an hour near
the clerks desk will be amazed at the
variety of orders that will be given to
the hall boys without the clerks hear
inc q word from any room by tele-
phone, telegraph, speaking tube, or any
other means.
The explanation is at once simple
ana peculiar Some genius mas invent
ell a device that he calls by 4 Greek
name, and which is operated auto
matically by an electric battery exactly
as the Old-fashioned hotel annunciators
are. In each room in the hotel is a
dial with movable arrow, like a clock
hand. On the dial are printed the
names of everything 4 guest would be
at all likely 10 want-all the drinks that
ever were heard of, paper. envelopes,
telegraph blanks, help" 3 doctor.
police, chambermaid, messenger boy,
eggs. toast. milk. soup. oysters. break
fast, dinner, team fact, every eatablo
in common dcmand-a city directory.
the daily papers, playing cards, cigars
cigarettes, chewing tobacco, barber
in short, everything in list Of 100 or
$50 necessarieS The guest pulls the
arrow 10 the name of whatever he wants
and by pressing button registers his
demand on the dial behind the clerk 5
desk. The only purpose it serves is to
save time in the execution of orders. -
Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-19

MAY ask, young man. what your
prospects are in life? | only want to
know for my daughters sake" well,
sir, have a position in q New York
bank, and my salary, although small
is" Il don't care anything about
your salary, The question is. do you
hold the keys TO the safe2"
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-19

A Georgia citizen who has more spare
time than he knows what to do with,
and has clock which he bought forty
years ago, and which has been running
without interruption ever since. figures
out that it has been running 14.720
days, 353. 2S0 hours. p, 1876, 500 minutes.
1878, $780, 900 seconds. In winding up
the clock his hand has travelled SO miles.
The clock has struck 2,296.320 times,
and licked 1921, $50, 900 times
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-19

Rich but penurlouS hostess to poor
society friend-"I notice that square
dinner plates are the thing now. and
I've ordered ten dozen; but I'm worried
about one point in serving dinner
with them" Frend-"W That are you
in doubt about?' Ought ! TO serve
round steak on these square plates?"
THAT depends. There may not be
enough 20 20 round. judging from the
dinner You gave the other day. Dos.
ton Record
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-19

All my beloved, may hope to CLASP
you tomorrow to my bosom and depict
to you again our future happiness in
the glowing colors of phantasy. No,
love, not to-morrow-to-morro is
washing-day. Riatter.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-09
" Sing with ease,
II GU wishes 10 pease,
The Value of London Land.

It has been ascertained with regard
to the Imperial institute that the site
of about five acres recently secured for
the new admiralty and war Offices is
valued at f520.000. or rather over
fI60. 600 per acre; that now vacant in
Charles street, opposite the India
Office, is less than an acre. and woulc
cost at least e125,000; probably an
other acre might be secured by private
contract, so that the value of limited
site in this position would not be less
than f250, 600.
II has been suggested that n single
acre not far from Charing Cross might
be obtained for f224,000. Two and
half acres on the Thames embankment
have been offered for 100000. and II
is stated that six acres may be pro
cured from Christ's hospital at 1000
600. Another good central position
has been suggested, consisting OF two
and half acres, which has oeer
valued at f66S,000.
Even If reduced price were accept
ed, no site in that direction is to be hac
for less than a quarter Of a million.
This explanation is offered for falling
back on the site which belongs to thu
commissioners OF the exhibition
1S5l.-Conrt Journal
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-09
A COIN CnG.CS.c
Mysterious Disappearance of the En-
tire Issue OF silver Dollars OF 1904.

Mysterious Disappearance of the En-
tire Issue OF silver Dollars OF 1904.
A well-known numismatist of New
York City says there is something Gu
rious about the American silver dol
lar and half dollar of the coin
age of 1904. sin that year some-
thing like 10000 of the dollars
were coined, but it is singular fact as
is now known, that not one of them
was known to be in circulation. Yet
the most valuable of all American coins
are two 1904 dollars which are in well
known collections. They are valued at
81, 900 each. 1t has been determined
to the satisfaction of every numismat-
list that these two dollars were not
coined until 1928, although they were
struck from the original 1904 die. They
were secretly made, although such q
procedure is penal offence, for some
one high in influence and authority,
who desired them for certain coin col
lections. 1t has never been positively
ascertained how the surreptitious work
was accomplished, but there is no doubt
that il was done. Why the dollar of
1904 was never seen in circulation after
leaving the mint, is one OF the unsolved
government mysteries.
"a still greater mystery surrounds
the half dollars of 1904. Of that coin
nearly 10000 were struck, Not one
was ever discovered in circulation.
The quarter dollars of 1904 are numer-
Gus enough-so plenty, in fact, that a
fair specimen can be bought for 81, ana
their coinage amounted to less than T.
600 pieces. A curious thing has been
discovered regarding the half dollar OF
1906, which Is not rare coin, except
i'm the case of those possessing the cur
riosity | speak of. which increases the
value tenfold. This is that the figure
5 in 1906 has been struck over a figure
4, showing that the coin was really
one of the undiscovered minting o
1904. What become of the large issue
of 1904 half dollors? No one knows oil
ever will know; but tits evident thai
all of them were not issued from the
mint and this belief that there wa:
some reason for not desiring the coli
tocirculate, is strengthened by the
mint obIiterating the date on what wa'
left BY making 1906 half dollars o
them.
There was no silver half dollars
issued from the mint in 1905, yet S2
were coined, and are in the hands o
collectors to-day, just as they cam'
from the die. No dollars were coines
by the government after that unit
1899"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-09

les can impart grace and charm ~
STYLE. Compare Keats Greek Urn,"r
or "Lamia,' or lode TO Bacchus;"
compare (except much of "Endy-
mion') any Of his Greek pieces with
Mr.. Browning's. Which is the most
Hellenic in form. which poet wears a
leaf Of the Delphan laurelP Not Mr..
Browning--a learned poet; but Keates
"a poet unlearned. Not vlgor only,
nor vigor, thought, and voluntary
roughness can reproduce the Titantic
strains OF Eschylus. The most music
al chorus in Shelloy's "Prometheus
Unbound "comes nearer the note Of
Eschylus than the method OF MIR.
Browning.
Nothing can be farther from our in
tention than to speak as II MIR. Brown
ing's new book were not worthy OF
him, and a gift of value to students OF
poetry. We would only note the rude
ness of that poetic form which Socrates
or Rabelais might have compared to the
images of Sleni-rugged without full
of sweet perfume within. But extreme
admirers of poet are apt to make a
laSnIOH VI uuIniriHS nio iouoe ""Iht"o.o
qualities. As for the wisdom within, 1t
displays what Mr.. Matthew Arnold ex-
cellently calls 1.-THE moderate, gracious,
amiably human insticts of the true
poetic nature" He who would be con-
vinced of this, and who knows the pic
lures, rich in the same qualities, OF
francesca Furini, has only to read the
poem on that artist. No less noble,
kindly, and wise is the poem on Chris
topher Smart, called kit" who said
good and rude thing about Gray, and
also in lucid interval of brain disease
wrote powerful and passionate sacred
poem. In fact, this book is perhaps the
most welcome of his shorter works
that MI. Browning has given us since
"Dramatis Person@." 1t is n delight
full thing to find, with the old things to
protest against the old manliness, wis
dom, keen sight, and subtle reason to
praise in the works of so eminent and
veteran poet. -London NeDS.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-09

much less than had been anticipated.
and this continued throughout the ex.
pertinent. On the fourth day, on the
removal of the bandages-which, by
the way. were changed three times a
day--it was discovered, by moving the
uninjured eye, that the severed parts
had grown together and that the
rabbits eye was actually part of the
human being. The silk sutures were
thereupon removed The union was
complete, the transportation an ac-
complished fact.
The eyelids were considerably
swollen, and the eye st II sore. 10
allay the swelling, remove the sore
ness and restore the eye to its normal
condition was now the object. The
Improvement was steady and encourage
ing On the sixth day the uninjured
eye was relieved of the bandage and
the room darkened. On the morning
of the eighth day the prospects OF sue
cess were st Il bright but on the even
ing of the same day there was change.
A slight abrasion at the lower edge OF
the cornea was observed.
The following morning the patient
remarked that the eye "felt as though
it had got loose from the dock and was
floating around in midstream. The re-
moval of the bandage revealed that
during the night the greater part OF
the iris, or colorirg matter of the eye,
had escaped through the opening in
the cornea. The experiment, so far us
the retention of the perfect rabbit S
eve was concerned, was n failure. The
e,e. however remained, but in n col
orless condition. The question of
healing the abrasion or removing the
eve was now considered. 1t was
found that to do the first would further
disfgure the eye by leaving an irregu-
lar scar across the surface of the eye,
so it was decided to remove the rab-
bits eye and prepare for the insertion
of glass eye.
The second operation was submitted
to on the afternoon of the ninth day
without the use of ether. cocaine being
used as a local an@sthetic. This lasted
twenty minutes. All the muscles
were found perfectly united. and the
optic nerve had grown together and
completely absorbed the catgut sutures.
The conjunctval sac was next drawn
over the optic nerve, sutured thereto.
the bandage again put in place after
the use of more vaseline, and the pa.
tient permitted to leave his bed and
room during the process OF healing,
which must take place before the inser-
ton of the artificial eye. The rabbit,
not having to undergo the transplant
tation, quickly recovered from the
operation, and is now in perfect con-
dition for the reception of his glass eye.
Thus ended the first and only test
case of this kind. The operation has
been considered of less consequece
than its Importance merted through
having been COMPOUNDED with the
transpantation of the cornea of a
rabbits eve to the globe of the human
being. This later operation has been
known for thirty years. holds a place
in the text books, and has been sue
cessfully performed quite number of
time, notably in Berlin and Vienna.
But it is very simple operation when
compared with the one described in the
foregoing article.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-09
Using WITH EASE"
A New Story in Which the Old-Tfmo
L'Enfant Terrible Figures.


L'Enfant Terrible Figures
"While passing few days at the
house of a very charming young lady.
in London" writes a correspondent,
cher little girl, five years of age. one
morning in the nursery, asked me to
tell her story.
. Not Cinderella or Beauty and
Beast, she said. but anoder tory q
my supply not being vast in this
branch Of English literature. | started
boldly with the tale of Little Golden
Hair and the Three Bears. But when
| arrived at the porridge, my story for
sock me, If indeed it had ever been
mine; so ventured to say to the little
English lassie that Golden Hair told the
bears. If they would be good, she
would sing them a song.
INV small listener looked slightly in
crcdulous, but suddenly exclaimed:
"'Wcll. GU be the bear, and II sing
the songv
"And forthwith began to regale me
with a nursery ditty at the top of her
small voice, much to the distress of my
ear-drums. As soon us | could make
myself heard, told her how far from
nice that was. Said i,
You hurt my ears
"'Sing with ease, *
II you wish to please,
For all those who shout,
Soon wear themselves out
"Much to my establishment. the little
thing seemed highly delighted with
homely rhyme. and made me repeat it
several times, she singing it softly to
herself. In the afternoon of that day
tea was given for me by my hostess,
and one of the ladies present on being
asked to sing, arose at once, and seat
ing herself at the piano, gave us
piece in which her voice was more re-
markable for force than beauty of tone.
Scarcely had the singer finished the
first verse, when my little Golden
Hair Juggling at the lady's gown. ex-
claimed:
Gu top; on hurts my ears
"'slng with ease,
II GU wishes TO pease.
This atom of humanity was going
on TO explain, when she was suddenly
seized by strong pair OF arms and
carried ont of the drawing room. But
from the corridor, amidst gentle re-
monstrances on some ones part. and
tears on that of the infant, shrill lit
tie voice, distinctly aud BILE. sobbed out:
Well, NTH Bonney-boo-hoo!-
told me-boo-hoor Miss Bonney told
ME so)"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-22
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different industries, and beyond
lit will be the immense machinery
gallery running parallel with the
Ecole Militaire. This gallery will
be a marvel Of construction, for
the Arc de Triomphe and the
whole Palais dc T. Industrle could
be put inside il easily. The root
Of this gallery win be carried IN
girde's Of $50 feet span and about
100 feet height. Girders Of such
q span have never yet been made.
The largest 10 existence are. / am
told those Of st. Pancras Station,
London, which have span Of 402
feet. Eighteen Of these girders.
placed at intervals Of 6S feet will
support the roof. The machinery
gallery, which will cost 81 ,2a9,
245 70 build, will compare with
the colossal Eiiitl Tower, and the
whole series of exhibition buildings
VIII compose a gigantic apotheoais
OF iron. The Eiffei Tower, 900
feet high. will be erected in Tie
middle Of the garden. at the end of
the Champ dc Mars, next the river.
1t will be hideous. Tue architects
artists, and art critics are all op-
posed to its construction, but the
foundations have been begun, and
the tower will be built with tho
approval Of the politicians, who
regard it as symbol of lndus-
trial civilization IN opposition to
the warlike and sacerdotal civjliza-
ton Of the past. The EiffeI
Tower has successfully resisted all
the onsiaughts Of that ridicule
whIoh. according to the Parisian
tradition, can isill anything. The
total eost Of the exhibition build
ings, exclusive ofthe Eiffel Tower,
will be s3,S94,424 10 judgs
from the plans, the general aspect
will be very elegant and very
Babylonian.---TF From Demorest's i
Monthly for May.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-22

The Rev. Henry Ward Beechor's
death may mark the beginning Of
a new departure in the conduct of
funerals. In accordance with his
wishes, no Grape was used. nor
any Of the customary cmblcms Of
mourning. Whilc the remains
we're unburlcd, the house was kept
open, and brilliantly lighted al
night. and flowers were distribut-
ed about the rooms as If The oc-
casion was o festive instead of II
sad one. There has long been a
growing dislike to the oId-fashion-
ed sombcr obscquics of the dead.
The first man of note that We
recall, who forbade his family and
friends to wear mourning, was the
great novelist, Charles Dickens.
His example has been very fire.
quently followed, and it Ii no
longer the fashion to 20 about iii
dismal apparel because Of the
deceasc ofa parent. husband, or
brother. The arguments to justi-
fly this now point Of view arc
varied, and not always consistent.
The Christian, confident or
happy lite hereafter, sees nothing
to regret in .'shufiiing of this
mortal coil, Y while the agnostic
holds the view that life Is 20 full
of misery to the great nues of
mankind that il Is unrcasonablc
not to welcome death. One of the
most curious chapters in fhc HIS
tory Of the race ii The funeral c,ae
toms cf the various nationa. They
have appealed to all tho cnorions
OF nlankipd. lamcntation on The
one hand, and joyous ceremonies
on the other, which last have
sometimes dcgenerated into drunk
en- frolics, such as have charaobs
lied Irish wakes..usHesYs
Beceher 1Tsw ~ III
ger i:ifissSE hlil @if ssc s s,s.e
af flle sls sscl4s IL his e4ns
lF'ss ~ l4as FiEef mary s,s,ssls Al
i.s.f deltss;Fa esEslsEee.s,As .,1tkslss
lKeSs as Agll sstss unters
esss 4 nls works will
As nos a creative genius
NJ leaRe 40 stIccessors he found
~ ri Nhyrch be is identified with
7a} tfaefl He was a rcformcr.
i'segali "a, and taught humanrt,
someYhat in advance OF his re-
liglous environment; but his In
huence was disintegrating, not
fcrmaiiye- Hence, like Theodore
Parker, If be exists at all in the
future, it will be as memory,
not as a folce in human affairz.
- From Demorest's Monthly.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-22

and benumbs the sense of right.
Inordinate appetite is a creeping
death. The indulgence OF the
malevolent affections, without re-
straint. does a vast deal of harm.
of wrong and of injustice in every
community, and in every family.
What fair name. does not envy
blacken? How dark and dreary,
the record Of revengel The lust
for power, for fame, for position,
for wealth too often stabs Justice
to the heart. There is not a vice
or a crime, wrong or an injus-
tice that can not be traced to this
source These forces are frequent
| " designated by the term, heart.
This is the dark empire where such
terrible anarchy reigns whore
such frightful discords, even under
faiT exteriors, SO often make life
hideous.
THEIR FRufT WHEN NOT cUID.
ED.
a. A failure in life's end and
aim is certain when the appetites,
desires or malevoIent affections
are perverted A single appetite
has blasted many a life forever,
and robbed the fairest prospects
of their splendid luster. The sin
gle exercise ofrevenge has brought
perpetual remorse, sleepless nights
and burning tears to the guilty;
and shame, sorrow and want to
the innocent. "The way of the
transgressor is hard. F" The ter
riDle harvest which is undoubted-
~ prepared by unbridledappetites
by unbridled desires, and by the
unbridled malevolent affections
should be the alarm signal to every
man, to every woman, to every
boy and to every girl. Who can
catalogue the woes, the sorrows,
the disgrace, the inhumanities,
that have SO swiftly followed III
the path of these unresrrained
forces? Passion which is the
name given to any uncontl oiled
desire or affection, is as
cruel as death, as pitiIess as the
grave. 1t knows no mercy, no
truth and no justice. The course
of an overwhelming majority of
paupers and criminals commenced
with unbridIed, unreasoning pas
sion. The jails of every county
and the peniteptjaries Of every
State are the dark monuments Of
its conquest. The mad army
that marshals under the black
flag contribute very little to the
best interests of a well ordered
society, but always constitute the
disturbing elementili every family,
in every school aud in every COM
munity.
pEsIREs AND AFFE cTIoNs FIX.
ED UPON WORTHY OBJECTS
5. This is the safeguard of
every person. 1t is a sure defense
against evil. A boy or girl that
determines to make usefulness
and excellency of character the
chief objects to be accomplished
IN life, will be kept out Of many
temptations. 1t Is certain that If
the desires and affections are al
lowed to run wild, without re-
straint, and contrary to reason,
that Lfe viii be debased. Noble
objects, pure desires aud vlrtuous
aft 'ctions are true friends to all
our best interests. No man, no
wsQn1an, no boy and no girl eyer
Y u q !ee ssSs lsk&o
pssf lss!
sFfi laos{l :Ill& 0sg ASfT
'lazt g off hla III I ~ ''s) sss#
lsl'' stsyssAss IL III vjdlD8y rs be
u s'ss and nohle Id lifa III il ID agni-
6esAt determination NJ 9ood
building il without a good founda- |
tion.
fro sr c,,Nrr,xsrt1 1
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-22

DuRINo the first three months
of 1887 the new enterprises lncor-
porated in The Southern States
numbered close ON 1000, Jude
pendent of lilo new railroad cor
porations and twenty-six street
railroad companies. The capital
represented by These new enter
prises and corporations. totals up
to $4,000, 900, a great deal more
than double the aggregate for the
corresponding period of 1886.
Easternsard Northern capital Is
rapidly floating Southwark
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-22

During the Democsa
istratIoo may Of the olfisf ;z l.a4
tons with which Republican o}BeisI
life had hedged Itself in have been
overhauled, and where there was
no good reason for their existence,
have been discontinued. They
have not all been releguted to the
past however. The rule which
closes the Government Depart
ment buildings TO visitors at two
o'clock is still in force, much to
the Inconvenience Of strangers.
III is a serious disappointment to
visitors here only for a few davs,
and trying to get al much sight
seeing as possible iato that time.
to be shut out AZ 80 early an hour
from SO many places Of interest.
They feel, and nave right to feel
that 10 a. peoples Govorumeat
the peoples convenience ought to
be coasiderea a little. and that
they should be given WHIST pleasure
thssy can get from the corridprs,
elevators, nn9eums, and curiosifx I
)rooms Of the buildings as long d
they are open for business.